alt Hacker News>we both agree it's really a good move
Actually I am not sure I do. It seems to me that even though `defer` is more explicit than destructors, it still falls under "spooky action at a distance" category.
>we both agree it's really a good move
Actually I am not sure I do. It seems to me that even though `defer` is more explicit than destructors, it still falls under "spooky action at a distance" category.
I don't understand why destructors enter the discussion. This is C, there is no destructors. Are you comparing "adding destructors to C" vs "adding defer to C"?
The former would be bring so much in C that it wouldn't be C anymore.
And if your point is "you should switch to C++ to get destructors", then it seems out of topic. By very definition, if we're talking about language X and your answer is "switch to Y", this is an entirely different subject, of very few interest to people programming in X.